College life in the Boston area

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This is the time of year when high school seniors need to make their decisions about which college they will attend in the fall. Students and parents are making tough decisions about what is more important, graduating from that well-regarded private school, or going to a state school. Will there be a job after graduation to pay back those loans? In 1921, tuition at MIT was $300. That might pay for a few textbooks these days. — Thea Breite and Lisa Tuite

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February 2, 1923: A group picture of foreign missionaries at Boston University's School of Religious Education and Social Sciences.

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May 11, 1939: The newest brain child of MIT's student engineers was a kissing machine. The machine recorded the oscillations induced by the osculatory (kissing) gesture. Bob Evans and Marion Fillmore of Arlington tried the machine while Bob Harper of Braintree operated the machine.

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May 12, 1940: These toy trains were part of the research laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology which studied methods of safe transportation. The open house was held by MIT for people curious to see the workshops and laboratories and to look around at the projects and inventions that its students were puzzling over.

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January 31 1941: Flanked by two Army officers, the honorary coed colonel of Boston University's military ball, sponsored by the university's chapter of Scabbard and Blade, entered the dance through an impressive "bridge of swords." After which, this Queen knighted junior officers, about 30 boys yearly, admitting them to Scabbard and Blade.

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July 11, 1949: At one of Boston University's foreign student courses, Rodolfo Sequetra spoke into the microphone to make a record. Teacher Mrs. Adelaide Budde listened and interrupted whenever he made an obvious error. The record was then played back and Rodolfo could check his mistakes in pronunciation.

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November 14, 1955: Whirlwind I, the high-speed electronic computer at MIT had a built in "memory" and the ability to act upon and deliver information at a rate of 20,000 times a second. Shown watching the solution of a problem were (from left), Stephen H. Dodd Jr., in charge of the computer operation; J.W. Forrester, director of the Laboratory; Robert R. Everett, associate director, and Ramona D. Ferenz, a laboratory worker.

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February 25, 1955 :The Harvard band marched in a parade in Cambridge in a drive to raise money to buy a new giant drum for the band. "Dimes for the drum" was the slogan as the giant drum bank was pulled in front of Memorial Hall.

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September 8, 1964: Freshman girls discussed Northeastern University with their "senior hostess" in her room at the new Frank Palmer Speare Residence Hall for Women, which opened to 400 coeds. They were among 3,100 freshmen, the largest class in the University's history. Dr. Speare, who died in 1954, was the founder and first president of Northeastern University.

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May 18, 1969: New recorders studying communications at Northeastern University were Homer Cilley of Marblehead, taking his cue from instructor Allen Azer. Peter Whelpton of Wayland and Chris Mosher of Melrose were behind the cameras.

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November 8, 1978: Students visited Northeastern University's newly opened African-American Master Artists-in-Residency Program studio complex on Leon Street. The 13 black artists in the residency program opened their studios so students could view the tools and techniques of all the various artists.

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